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R.. A. WHALL.

' OUTER GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI5, I919 Patented May 18, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD A. WHALL, OF ATHOL, MASSACHUSETTS.

OUTER GARMENT.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application filed May 15, 1919. Serial No. 297,246.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. RICHARD A. \VHALL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at a substitute for an ordinaryrain coat, and

having desirable qualities not possessed by the latter.

The invention is embodied in the improvements which I will now proceedto describe and claim.

()f the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, V

Figure 1 is a view showing the garment and its sleeve-forming wingsspread out, and its front and back portions in the same plane.

Fig. 2 shows the garment folded on its transverse median line. 7

Figs. 3 and 4 are front and side views showing the garment in use.

Fig. 5 is a section on line of Fig. 2, 011 a larger scale.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the fold of thebody, the neck opening and the collar.

Fig. 7 is a sectionon line 77 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view showing a part of the back portion of thegarment and the collar.

Fig. 9 is a View showing two of the garments spread out and connected toform a blanket or cover of relatively large area.

My improved garment comprises a substantially rectangular oblong body ofwaterproof sheet material, such as rubberized silk or other fabric. Thebody is foldable on its transverse median line w-m (Fig. 1), to form theseamless front portion 12 and seamless back portion 13, said portionsbeing connected by the fold. When the garment is folded and in a fiatcondition, it presents the appearance shown by Fig. 2.

A neck opening is formed by a slit 14 cut in the fabric on the saidmedian line, a branch 14* of said slit being preferably formed in thefront portion 12 to increase the extensibility of the neck opening.

Projecting laterally from the opposite longitudinal edges of the bodyare sleeveforming wings, each composed of a front portion 15, at oneside of the transverse median line, and a back portion 16 at theopposite side of said line. Said wings may be integral with the fabricof the body portion, or made in separate pieces, suitably joined to thebody.

The longitudinal edges of each of the body portions are provided withfastening members, which are the members of stud and socket snapfasteners, each including a socket member 18 and a stud member 19,fasteners of this character being in common use and well known. When thebody is folded,-the fastening members on one side of the median line areadapted to engage the corresponding fastening members at the oppositeside of said line, the meeting edges of the front and back portions ofthe body and wings being thus coupled together to form a tubular bodycovering and tubular arm coverings or sleeves.

. The stud members project from the inner side of the body, and thesockets open on the inner side of the body, so that when said membersare interengaged the edges of the body lie side by side in substantiallyparallel planes, neither edge overlapping the other. Ventilatingcrevices for the escape of heat from the body, are therefore formedbetween the front and back members, as best shown by Fig. 5.

A flexible collar-forming flap 21, preferably of the same material asthe body and wings, is cemented or otherwise attached at one edge to thebackportion 13. Said flap is unattached to the front portion 12, and isformed to cover the neck opening and to overlap a part of the frontportion 12 when the garment is in use. The flap has a free outer edgeprovided with a recessed portion 22, formed to closely embrace thewearers neck above the neck opening 14 and below the chin and ears, andwith end portions adapted to overlap under the wearers chin, andprovided with fastening members 18 .and 19. The form of the flap is suchthat when the garment is in use, and the ends of the flap are connected,as shown by Fig. 3, a collar is provided which covers the neck opening14 and closely embraces the upper portion f the Wearers neck, thuspreventing water from entering the neck opening 14.

When the garment is in use, it presents a seamless front and a seamlessback, the only seams being at the inner sides of the arms and betweenthe front and back. As above stated the seams present ventilatingcrevices for the escape of heat from the interior of the garment. Thegarment, therefore, is

reasonably well ventilated, the arrangement 7 of the crevices being suchthat rain is not liable to be admitted thereat. Although the flap 21prevents the admission of rain into the neck opening 14:, it permits theescape of heat from the interior of the garment through said opening, byreason of the fact that the flap is unattached to the part of the frontportion 12 which it overlaps, additional ventilating means being thuspro vided.

The form of the garment is such that when it is spread out flat, two ofthe de-,

scribed garments may be connected along the longitudinal edges, as shownby Fig. 9, thus forming a relatively large blanket or cover, useful forvarious purposes. To enable the two garments to be coupled to- .gether,I locate all the stud fasteners con- 7 on. each body portion. areadapted to engage stud members on the other body portion.

The edges of the wings which meet and are coupled together, arepreferably inclined as'shown, to reduce the width of the outer ends ofthe wings and form tapering sleeves, the wrist portions of which closelyfit the wrists of the wearer.

with fastening devices.

I claim: V

An outer garmentcomprising a substantially rectangular oblong body ofwater proof sheet'material, sl'eeve forming wings projecting from theopposite longitudinal edge s'of the body midway between the endsthereof, the body and wings being folded along the transverse medianline of the body to form front and back body and sleeve portions havingmeeting edges, said edges being provided with laterally projectingv studfastener members projecting. from the inner side of the body and withsocket fastener members complemental to the stud members and opening onthe inner side of the body, the arran ement being such that when thebody and'wings are folded on said median line the stud members aremovable into engagement with the socket members to hold the edges of thefront and-,backbody and sleeve portions side bysic e in substantiallyparallel planes without causing the connected edges to over-lathatye'ntilating crevices are formed at said edges, said body beingprovided with a head and neck re ceiving opening at its line, and acollaryformin g flap attached at one edge tothe back portion of'thebody, un-

ansverse median attached to the frontportion, and formed'to cover saidopening andto overlap and lie loosely on a part of the front portionwhenthe garment is in use, thereby permitting ventilation through the neckopening, said flap having end portions adapted to overlap under thewearers chin, and provided In testimony whereof I have aflixedinysignature. Y i

RICHARD A. WHALLj.

